Who We Are

We are a dedicated team of engineers, product designers, and operators with roots deep in the Carnegie Mellon University robotics ecosystem. We are driven to make a real change in the construction industry by addressing the growing shortage of skilled tradespeople. We approach product development with our feet on the job site and our ears tuned to the men and women doing the work. We value experts in the trades and are dedicated to supporting the work they do.

Made in Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh has the right confluence of ingredients to build a world-class construction robotics platform company. Pittsburgh’s rich heritage of robotics research from CMU and NREC is the birthplace of the modern Autonomous Driving industry. This research and talent have manifested in innovative AgTech, Logistics, construction, and space companies. In fact, the Pittsburgh Robotics Network boasts over 105 active robotics companies in the region.

  • Our Industry

    The finish trades employ over 754,000 men and women in the United States. These dedicated and skilled individuals are retiring or leaving the workforce at an alarming rate creating thousands of unfilled positions. These are the people who build. We appreciate and need them.

  • Robotic Vision

    Our Vision

    Bring Factory automation & productivity to the construction site for surface prep & coating with a collaborative autonomous mobile platform.

  • Our Mission

    To help contractors increase their capacity to build through the effortless applications of automation technologies into their workflow.

Our Founder

  • Ricky Houghton, Co-founder & CTO

    Ricky is a robotics executive with expertise in creating, managing, and leading complex solutions for large programs. His background in software development offers the team unique insights into problems and solutions. While on staff at CMU’s famed School of Computer Science Ricky worked in speech recognition, image processing, video indexing, speaker identification, robotics, man-wearable computers, wireless communication and program management. In 2014, Ricky co-founded IAM Robotics with CMU colleagues. IAM was early to address the labor shortage in the logistics industry with Autonomous Mobile Robots. He has a deep appreciation for safety and good software design, which provide high-reliability systems for customers.

    Ricky received his BS in Computer Science, Programming Languages from Indiana University Bloomington

    When Ricky isn’t building robots, he can be found on his mountain bike or with his family.

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Our Advisor

  • Gina Koert

    President, SPI, Denver, CO

    Gina is the president of Shamrock Painting and is the Immediate Past Chair, Board Director at Painting Contractors Association (PCA)

Our Investors